Windsor wrestlers become barbers for a day

After winning their first state championship Saturday, Windsor Middle School wrestlers became their coaches’ personal barbers on Tuesday.

Each wrestler got a turn to shave a patch of their coaches’ heads, but they stayed within the confines of the design pattern, or lack thereof.

“They’ve worked their tails off all year so they deserve some fun,” said their Coach, Gary Mauch.

The Windsor barbers, or wrestlers, took the state championship by 36 points over second-place Fort Morgan Saturday at the Budweiser Events Center. And because the team finished with a league title, the coaches let the kids do their worst — a tradition started in 2001.

Mauch’s program has had a steady diet of league championships through the years, and each time, the kids get to have their fun. One year, Mauch had his hair dyed pink and Lobmeyer’s was turned purple.

“I’m used to it. I’ve done it many times, but the kids get a kick out of it,” Mauch said. “We go down in the history books and it’s an awesome feeling.”

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Though it was the first year for the state championships, Windsor cruised past 144 represented schools to capture the crown. For 17 amateur barbers, it was worth all the hard work and sweat put into the mats. Just ask Mauch and assistants Bryan Lobmeyer, Dick McClellan and Ty Nordic.

Nordic was able to escape the clippers because of track practice, but said he would let his two sons, Slade and Stetson, both wrestlers, cut him up at home.

Jack Kuck, a 14-year-old eighth-grader was the only Wizards wrestler to take home a state title. He finished the season with a perfect 28-0 record in the heavyweight division. Slade Nordic (95) and Connor Larson (152) each placed fourth to help Windsor win the tournament by 36 points over second-place Fort Morgan.